Last Word BATTLE

"...Okay, so let's just agree to disagree"
"Fine"
"Fine, then"
"That works for me"
"Works for me, too"
"No more"
"Yep"
"Okay, then"
"Okay"
"*sigh*"
"*sighs louder*"
"...*mumble* that was a waste of time..."
"YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY?"
*argue all over again*

^ XD I sometimes find myself in situations like that because I can be so stubbourn about getting the last word in an argument. Later on, when I've calmed down and not being stupid anymore, it's hard for me to believe that something so small can be so important when my temper is goin' off the rails. It can be reeeaaaally bad when it's with someone who is just as stubbourn <_> Though I'm not as stubbourn as I used to be, honestly, because my Brandon taught me some humility and that sometimes, it's not worth pushing your point because in the end, you just hurt yourself and the other person. Some days, though, my temper/pride gets the better of me >_<.

Anyway, just wondering how important it is for some people here to get the last word in an argument. Is it easy for you to just *let go*, or is getting the *last word* in a fight sometimes override almost all other logic when your temper's timebomb goes kaboom. I can be one or the other at times *nod nod*

Anyone got anything to say? Last word maybe? XD I kid - Mwah, share thoughts!

I do like to have the last word, it has gotten me into some horrible situations in the past, nowadays I don't care so much.

"The last word
Of an argument
Is a superficial victory.
A petty way
To achieve apparent supremacy."

Just a quicky I whipped up. I'll complete it on a another date.

Often if you refuse to let go of it that just shows how unsure you are of your own rightness.

I generally get the last word in when I'm in an arguement, but of course that's usually because I'm the one who is right.

I don't actually get into arguements all that much, so it's not something I really worry about. When I'm having a conversation with someone (usually online), though, I always try to be the last person to respond, or rather I always try to respond to every message I get sent, whether that be over msn, facebook, or whatever. Have no idea why, but unless there's a really definitive end to a conversation, I always try to respond, even if it's something little.

I normally get the last word in arguments unless its with certain friends then I just cave because they're determined that they're right when they aren't so I'm just thinking "just give up, you know shes a total moron, no need to make her know it too"

People I don't like, its very RARE for me not to have the last word.

I don't get in a lot of arguments. When I do, I usually do put in a few last words to make it clear I'm the winner.

I also just kind of walk away when I'm tired of an argument. Ends it just fine.

I tend to have the last word in just about everything that I do/write/argue about. Being the extremely stubborn person I am, I don't care who you are, if you're right or wrong, or anything of the sort, I'll have the last word if there's anything I can do about it. I even do it around my best friends and significant other. Sometimes, it's purely out of habit, in which case, I'll feel bad about being a jerk afterward. ...I really do hate being stubborn.

I despise getting into arguments where people try to get the last word.

The last time that happened, I was in an argument in the Brawl thread where a newbie was trying his hardest to act cool, calling me immature and the like when it was obviously the other way around. In the end, instead of getting the last word, I just put him on my ignore list and didn't really care what he had to say afterwards. I didn't announce the action either ("I just put him on my ignore list, yadda-yadda-yadda...so there!) in order to get the last word. I just moved on.

I haven't noticed if I'm a last-word-argument person. In general, I try to avoid arguments to start with. When arguments do drag on, it's usually because I require some sort of resolution to the issue in order to move on.

*shrugs*

In anycase, this thread made me think of Dr. Seuss' Fox in Socks, where one character finally gets the last word:

"When a Fox is in the bottle where the Tweetle Beetles battle with their paddles in a puddle on a noodle-eating poodle, THIS is what they call......a Tweetle Beetle Noodle Poodle Bottled Paddled Muddled Duddled Fuddled Wuddled Fox In Socks, Sir!"

Originally Posted by Sophie

"When a Fox is in the bottle where the Tweetle Beetles battle with their paddles in a puddle on a noodle-eating poodle, THIS is what they call......a Tweetle Beetle Noodle Poodle Bottled Paddled Muddled Duddled Fuddled Wuddled Fox In Socks, Sir!"

Wuhah! X3 That was so cute. <3

Originally Posted by Liah

I sometimes find myself in situations like that because I can be so stubbourn about getting the last word in an argument.

Yeah. I KNOW. XDDD <3

Seriously. I can never ever EVER get the last word when I argue with Liah. XD She's too spicy for my likings. I usually do my pouty-awww-you-hurt-me-face when I lose. And Liah says sorry and huggles me. Sometimes.

It depends who I'm arguing with. It was like the other day, the Tuck Shop lady at school had a go at me.

"I told you that you're not allowed to have your BBQ because you take away my student customers!"
"Mrs. Miles (my principle) said I was allowed."
"Well, I'll have to go have a word with her!"
"... Fine. You do that"
"EXCUSE ME? YOU DO NOT TALK TO ME LI--"
*Has already run out of the room*

But I usually lose. 8D;;

Originally Posted by GarmGarf

"The last word
Of an argument
Is a superficial victory.
A petty way
To achieve apparent supremacy."

Just a quicky I whipped up. I'll complete it on a another date.

That's pretty cool.

I'm happy enough to concede the last word if I know the discussion's over. The last word doesn't decide who's right; it serves only to show who's stupid enough to think it matters.

I burst into tears if I'm in a real argument for too long. So I rarely get the last word..

Originally Posted by Snazzalonuous

Seriously. I can never ever EVER get the last word when I argue with Liah. XD She's too spicy for my likings.

Don't blame me because you SUCK XDDD

I usually do my pouty-awww-you-hurt-me-face when I lose. And Liah says sorry and huggles me. Sometimes.

Pfft. Rarely (*huggles* Love you XD <3)

EDIT: ... SO THERE.

Originally Posted by Sophie

In anycase, this thread made me think of Dr. Seuss' Fox in Socks, where one character finally gets the last word:

"When a Fox is in the bottle where the Tweetle Beetles battle with their paddles in a puddle on a noodle-eating poodle, THIS is what they call......a Tweetle Beetle Noodle Poodle Bottled Paddled Muddled Duddled Fuddled Wuddled Fox In Socks, Sir!"

Aww, I've never read that before.
I have no idea what it means, but it doesn't sound TOO disagreeable .

First of all, I'm terrible for getting myself into arguments in the first place, and yes, I do have to get the last word in. I then have to get on my phone and move down the phonebook - telling everybody HOW I got the last word in, and what that word was.

Even if I consciously try to avoid arguments, or defuse an existing argument, my face usually betrays me. For some reason, people find *sigh, eyeroll* offensive.

I have to take comfort in the fact that I will always apologise to people if I think that I've been out of order.

EDIT: Btw, the worst people for having to get the last word in an argument are academics. When I studied history, I thought that historians were bad for calling one another out in books and articles, but psychologists are even worse!

*sigh* Hopefully that will be me one day. Wouldn't it be great if you opened up a psychology journal and one of the papers started with '*****, PLEASE'?

Last word battles... I used to have those with my brother, and often 'won' in the end by sheer persistance, even if it took hours to do it. I don't quite know why I was that bad as a youngster, but I'm not like that anymore. I don't bother with the 'last word' battle these days, but I've long enjoyed it far more when I can goad other people into doing it.